“Election officials have been making Shelby County early voters who show only a Memphis library card as their photo identification cast a provisional ballot, and an attorney for the city on Monday demanded the practice stop. Attorney George Barrett wrote in a cease and desist letter to Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper that state election officials are in “defiance” of a court order, and the city of Memphis will go to court if the provisional ballot policy doesn’t stop.”

“Voters who are showing up at Shelby County polls with only a Memphis library card as their photo identification are being given provisional ballots, an election official said Monday. Meanwhile, lawyers for the City of Memphis responded to an appeal filed by Tennessee election officials who are seeking to overturn the court ruling that allowed voters to use the photo ID issued by the Memphis public library at the polls.”